Author: hillturnfs

In Old Testament times God performed many public miracles so that people would believe in him. God spoke to man out of thin air so that people would obey his commands. God no longer has to do that in our day because we now have God’s written word, our Holy Bible, and through its pages God speaks to us. We’re now living in the New Testament times, also referred to as the church age or the time of the Gentiles. In his word God commands that believers talk to him in prayer. When God talks to us through the Bible and we talk to God in prayer we’re communicating with our sovereign Lord. When we read the Bible daily and we pray daily we are in fellowship with God. That is how God intended for us to live our lives. We please God when we obey his commandments. God made us for a purpose and that purpose is to live in heaven forever in the presence of Jesus Christ, in fellowship with the God who made us. All the angels now in heaven were made to worship and serve God. Man was created so that we may also serve God; both on earth now and later in heaven. Both angels and man are eternal beings made by God for his pleasure.

The difference is the angels in heaven have served God from the beginning, from their creation, whereas man has to first live out their brief lives here on earth to see if they will freely choose to serve God or Satan. Our life on earth is our “testing time” to determine our eternal destination. If man chooses to serve God through faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior they will be saved unto eternal life in heaven and when they die they will immediately go to be in the presence of Jesus forever. The saints in heaven will stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ to receive their rewards. However, if man chooses to serve Satan, or he fails to make a choice, when he dies he’ll immediately go to hell within the earth to face the devil where he’ll be in pain and agony 24/7. Those people who are condemned will be resurrected bodily from hell on the last day to stand before the Great White Throne judgment of Jesus Christ, where they will be judged and thrown into the lake of fire and brimstone for all eternity alongside Satan and all the fallen angels.

Jesus Christ, the son of God, is my Lord and Savior. By his death on the cross Jesus Christ has reconciled us to God. Jesus took our stripes and died a horrible death so that we don’t have to die for our sins. Jesus took our sins upon himself and because of that we can now approach the throne of grace any time we want and speak to God directly. However, you must claim the victory over eternal death by a personal profession of faith in Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. God is waiting for your decision. Do you have any idea what an honor it is to be able to speak with the King of the universe at any time? The angels in heaven don’t have that privilege but you do so take advantage of it. The problem is believers really don’t know how to pray and what they should say to God. I’ve got news for you; nobody else does either until they start reading the Bible daily and start abiding in the word of God for knowledge, understanding and wisdom. The more you pray the better you’ll get at it because like all things, practice makes perfect. Bible affirmations are just another tool to help you talk to God in a more meaningful way. Bible affirmations are structured in such a way that God is glorified by your prayers before the throne of grace. This is my testimony about one of the ways I worship God. Our life on earth is short so use the time down here wisely. I wish you godspeed as you seek to improve your prayer life before the Lord.

Verse – Galatians 3:26-29 – For you are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.

Affirmation – I am a son of the Most High through faith in Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. The Lord has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant, and Abraham’s blessings are mine. The Lord will prosper that which concerns me.

Verses – Proverbs 3:5-6 – Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He shall direct your paths.

Psalm 138:8 – The Lord will perfect that which concerns me; Your mercy O Lord, endures forever; do not forsake the works of Your hands.

Colossians 1:9 – For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

Affirmation – Thank you Lord for saving me unto eternal life in heaven. I go where the Holy Spirit leads me because God directs my footsteps; to fulfill his pleasure. I am a disciple of Christ and I walk in obedience to the commandments of God. I work God’s harvest field in order to fulfill the Great Commission that Jesus gave to his disciples, which is to witness for Christ to all nations and all people.

Verse – Joshua 24:15 – And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve. But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Affirmation – I will serve only the Lord my God, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Daily will I worship my God, giving him the praise of my lips. I will offer up honor and glory to Almighty God, who sits upon the throne of grace in heaven. Forever I will sing hymns of worship to the Lord because he is worthy. God is good and God is great, and this my spirit knows very well.

Verses – Romans 8:31 – What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

1 Peter 1:3-4 – As His divine power has given to us all things that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which has been given to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.

Affirmation – God is on my side. God is in me now. Who can be against me? No one. God has given to me all things that pertain unto life and godliness. Therefore I am a partaker of his divine nature. I have been given exceedingly great and precious promises from God, who is generous with his servant. I am delivered from this present evil age.

Verse – 1 Corinthians 1:30 – But of Him you are in Christ Jesus, who became for us wisdom from God – and righteousness and sanctification and redemption.

Affirmation – Jesus is made unto me wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption. Therefore, I confess I have the wisdom of God, and I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Jesus is Lord!

Verses – 2 Corinthians 5:17 – Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.

1 Corinthians 2:16 – For “who knows the mind of the Lord that we may instruct Him?” But we have the mind of Christ.

Ephesians 2:10 – For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.

Affirmation – I am complete in Jesus who is the head of all principality and power. For I am his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works which God has before ordained that I should walk therein. I am a new creation in Christ and the old creation has passed away. As a believer I have the mind of Christ.

Verses – Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

John 15:5 – I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.

Affirmation – I will do all things through the Lord Jesus Christ, who indwells me and strengthens me by his glorious power. Lord help me to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven through my witness for Christ. I will produce much fruit for God as I abide in the Lord forever. Rejoice in the Lord; again I say rejoice!

Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:20 – Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God was pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God.

Affirmation – I will plead with nonbelievers daily to be reconciled to God on Christ’s behalf. I will share my witness for Christ with all people as long as I live.

Verse – Psalm 23:4 – Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.

Psalm 31:15 – My times are in Your hand; deliver me from the hand of my enemies, and from those who persecute me.

Affirmation – I will fear no evil for thou art with me Lord, Your word and Your Spirit they comfort me. I will live out the life you have planned for me in obedience to your word because you deliver me from my enemies and from persecution. Your word is my commandment and I will obey.

Verse – Ephesians 4:29-30 – Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearer. And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

Affirmation – I will not let corrupt communication proceed out of my mouth, but that which is good to edifying, that it may minister grace to the hearer. I will not grieve the Holy Spirit of God by evil speech, thoughts, or actions. I am indwelt by the Holy Spirit, which is God’s seal that I am his possession, to be redeemed on the last day. This is my testimony. Lord, forgive my sins every day.

Verses – Ephesians 5:15-16 – See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

Colossians 4:5 – Walk in wisdom toward those who are outside, redeeming the time.

Affirmation – The Lord will bless me by allowing me to redeem my time on earth by working in his harvest field spreading the gospel message of Christ with all nonbelievers in order to save one more lost soul for the kingdom of heaven every day.

In the Bible there are 129 direct commandments from God to every believer, although more than a few of them are redundant. You can find a list of God’s commandments in any good Bible concordance. When God uses the word “shall” in reference to the believer there’s no mistaking it’s a command from God. When God uses the word “shall” in reference to himself it’s a promise from God. Any one of these commandments from God would make great a affirmation. The possibilities are endless. To claim that verse in your life just flip it around and declare you’ll obey whatever it is that God is commanding that you do in that verse. Affirmation equals obedience. Remember in prayer you pray the solution or end result desired and not the problem, even if the answer you want hasn’t occurred yet. You always pray as though your petition before God has been granted and you always thank God for his provision. In numerous Bible scriptures God says believers can have whatever they ask for if they ask in faith and if it’s also God’s will. The trick is to keep praying as long as it takes for your prayers to be answered because God has his own timeline for answering your prayer. Whether you recite just one Bible affirmation from memory or you read off fifty affirmations a week like I do it’s all good because it’s used to glorify God.

I think Bible affirmations are the perfect prayer for this purpose because the content of your prayer never changes much because they’re written down and ready to repeat over and over. In my case, I speak my Bible affirmations to God every weekday so that I get through them all at least once every week. Everyone needs to create Bible affirmations that conform to their own goals. I crafted my Bible affirmations to focus on my obedience to God’s commandments, especially where they pertain to studying the word of God and witnessing for Christ. There is no better use of a believer’s time than sharing the gospel message of Jesus Christ in order to save a nonbeliever to the kingdom of heaven because the fruit of your labor will last forever. Witnessing for Christ is the dearest thing to God’s heart, as evidenced by the Great Commission which Jesus Christ gave to his disciples before he ascended back to heaven. As believers we’re also disciples of Jesus Christ and the commandment to share the gospel also falls on us. If we want to please God we need to obey. If we love God we should obey. If we want to build up treasures in heaven we must obey. Witnessing for Christ is the main reason why God leaves us here on earth after we have been saved unto eternal life in heaven. We are to do the work God has planned for us to do from the foundation of the world.

Verses – 1 Timothy 2:8 – I desire therefore that men pray everywhere, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.

Ephesians 6:18 – Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.

Affirmation – In obedience to your word O Lord, I will pray often before the throne of grace. Early and often will I seek your face O Lord, seeking your favor in all things. By the praise of my lips I will worship the Lord my God every day, offering up love, honor and glory to my King. Praise the Lord for his kindness toward his servant.

Verses – 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.

Psalm 5:11 – But let all those rejoice who put their trust in You; let them ever shout for joy, because You defend them; let those also who love Your name be joyful in You.

Psalm 40:16 – Let all those who seek You rejoice and be glad in You; let such as love Your salvation say continually, “the Lord be magnified!”

Affirmation – Daily I will rejoice that the Lord is my God. For you have made me O Lord and saved me unto eternal life in heaven in your presence. I will pray without ceasing, giving you the praise of my lips for your love, mercy, and grace toward your servant. I thank you Lord for your guardian angels who watch over me. My gladness and joy is complete in the Lord’s presence. Before the throne of grace I will say continually, “The Lord be magnified!”

Verse – James 1:22 – But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Affirmation – I am a doer of the word of God and I am blessed in my deeds. I am happy in those things which I do because I am a doer of the word of God.

Verse – James 4:7 – Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Affirmation – The devil flees from me because I resist him in the name of Jesus. Get thee behind me Satan, in the name of Jesus Christ.

Verse – Ephesians 6:16 – Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

Affirmation – I take the shield of faith in Jesus Christ and I quench every fiery dart that the wicked one brings against me.

Verse – Isaiah 54:14 – In righteousness you shall be established; you shall be far from oppression, for you shall not fear; and from terror, for it shall not come near you.

Affirmation – I am far from oppression, and fear does not come nigh me, and terror does not come near me, in the name of Jesus.

Verse – 1 John 4:4 – You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater than he who is in the world.

Affirmation – I am of God and have overcome him (Satan). For greater is he that is in me, than he that is in the world. Jesus is Lord! I will have everlasting joy in heaven. I rejoice in the name of the Lord!

Verse – Galatians 1:3-4 – Grace to you and peace from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father.

Affirmation – I am delivered from the evils of this present world for it is the will of God.

Verse – Colossians 1:13 – He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love.

Affirmation – I am delivered from the power of darkness and I am translated into the kingdom of Jesus, God’s dear son.

Verse – Nehemiah 8:10 – Do not sorrow, for the joy of the Lord is your strength.

Affirmation – The joy of the Lord is my strength. The Lord is the strength of my life.

Verse – John 10:29 – (Jesus) – My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

Affirmation – As a believer my place in heaven is secure. No man or demon will take me out of God’s hand for I have eternal life in heaven.

Verses – John 1:12 – But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, to those who believe in His name.

Isaiah 54:13 – All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.

Affirmation – Great is the peace of my children, for they are taught of the Lord. I accept Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior, therefore, I am a child of God; an adopted son of the Most High.

Verses – Matthew 16:19 – (Jesus) – And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Matthew 18:18 – (Jesus) – Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Ephesians 6:12 – For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Affirmation – Jesus has given me the authority to use his name and I will do it. And that which I bind on earth is bound in heaven. And that which I loose on earth is loosed in heaven. Therefore, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ I bind the principalities, the powers, the rulers of the darkness of this world. I also bind and cast down spiritual wickedness in high places and I render them all harmless and ineffective against me, in the name of Jesus. Help me O Lord to overcome the evil in this world.

Verse – Romans 12:2 – And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Affirmation – I am not conformed to this world but I am transformed by the renewing of my mind. My mind is renewed by the word of God.

I write my Bible affirmations down on 4″ X 6″ index cards. I first write the Bible verse in black ink and underneath it I write my affirmation in red ink. When I recently finished updating my Bible affirmations I wound up with a stack of around fifty index cards. This was way too much to speak every day so I made five random stacks of affirmations, one for each day of the week, Monday through Friday. I left weekends free. I wound up with 10-15 affirmations per day, which is about all I can handle comfortably on a daily basis. I just updated them again this week. I try to pray all my Bible affirmations early in the morning because when I rejoice in the Lord my God and his saving grace that early in the day the joy of the Lord buoys me up the entire day. Speaking Bible affirmations every day is the best way I’ve found to keep my eyes on the Lord and my faith in God stoked. The human mind believes and acts upon what it hears over and over. That’s how our mind works. So when we say Bible affirmations repeatedly it helps train our mind and empowers our inner “spirit man” so that our outer “physical man” can be brought into submission to God’s will. Look, God wants to guide your life so let him do it if you want the best life possible. I firmly believe many of the mistakes that believers make in their lives can be avoided if they spoke Bible affirmations daily and they start as soon as they’re saved. Praise God!

Bible affirmation aren’t just vain repetitions. They are structured prayers that are meant to affirm the verse or verses you are quoting from the Bible. To a degree affirmations are also spontaneous because you create them out of your love for God and they will keep changing and evolving as you continue to grow in Christ during your walk with God. Your Bible affirmations are meant to be very personal to you because they reveal your plans, your hopes, and your dreams in service to God. Your Bible affirmations reveal who you are and what you’re about. Now, I don’t mind sharing my Bible affirmations with you because the Holy Spirit has given me the ministry of reconciliation through studying God’s word and giving my testimony about God.

My Bible affirmations are just a part of that testimony about God. I have always made it clear in my blog that my singular focus in life going forward is to urge people to study the Bible in depth so that they can witness for Christ more effectively and save one more for Jesus every day. My personal goal is to save at least 1000 lost souls for the kingdom of God during my lifetime and I’m not ashamed to declare it. I can’t save everyone but I can save some. Please don’t sell yourself short when it comes to witnessing for Christ. God will help you. Plan your work for the Lord and then work that plan every day of your life, while you are continually praying to God for his help. Shoot for the stars and let Jesus Christ sort it out on the last day! Our ultimate goal is to hear Jesus say, “Well done good and faithful servant!” We can achieve that only through our persistent effort and our obedience to God.

Verses – Psalm 1:1-3 – Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stands in the path of sinners, nor sits in the seat of the scornful; but his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in His law he meditates day and night. He shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that brings forth its fruit in season, whose leaf also shall not wither; and whatever he does shall prosper.

Isaiah 54:17 – No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue which rises against you in judgment You shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the Lord. And their righteousness is from Me says the Lord.

Affirmation – No weapon formed against me shall prosper, for my righteousness is of the Lord. But whatever I do will prosper for I’m like a tree that’s planted by the rivers of water. I delight in the word of God and I will meditate on it day and night.

Verse – Ephesians 1:17-18 – That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints.

Affirmation – I receive the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, the eyes of my understanding being enlightened. I delight in my salvation received from God.

Verses – James 4:2 – You do not have because you do not ask.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Affirmation – In the name of Jesus I pray that my body be made worthy to be the temple of the Holy Spirit. I will not overeat so that this body becomes overweight. I will eat mostly nutritious food and I’ll exercise regularly in order to have a healthy body I’m not ashamed of. I will glorify God for indwelling this vessel and I pray that the Lord will use this body for his pleasure. I rejoice in the Lord my God. My joy in the Lord is complete.

Philippians 4:7-8 – And the peace of God which surpasses all understanding will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy – meditate on these things.

Affirmation – The peace of God which supasses all understanding keeps my heart and mind through Christ Jesus. And all things which are true, noble, just, pure, lovely and of good report, I think on these things.

Verses – John 16:13 – (Jesus) – However, when He, the Spirit of truth, has come, He will guide you into all truth; for He will not speak on his own authority, but whatever He hears He will speak; and He will tell you things to come.

James 1:5 – If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

Affirmation – The spirit of truth abides in me and teaches me all things, and he guides me into all truths. Therefore, I confess I have perfect knowledge of every situation and circumstance that I come up against. For I have the wisdom of God.

Verse – Colossians 3:10 – (Believers) have put on the new man who is renewed in knowledge according to the image of Him who created him.

Affirmation – I have put off the old man and have put on the new man, which is renewed in the knowledge after the image of him that created me.

Verse – John 10:14 – (Jesus) – I am the good shepherd; and I know my sheep, and am known by My own.

Affirmation – I do follow the good shepherd and I know his voice and the voice of a stranger I will not follow.

Verse – Proverbs 4:20-22 – My son, give attention to my words; incline your ear to my sayings. Do not let them depart from your eyes; keep them in the midst of your heart; for they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

Affirmation – I will not let the word of God depart from before my eyes for it is life to me for I have found it and it is health and healing to all my flesh.

Verse – Colossians 3:15 – And let the peace of God rule your hearts, to which also you were called in one body; and be thankful.

Affirmation – I am the body of Christ and I let the peace of God rule my heart, with thanks to God, and I refuse to worry about anything.

Verses – Romans 12:21 – Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

1 Corinthians 12:27 – Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually.

Romans 8:2 – For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death.

Affirmation – I am the body of Christ and Satan has no power over me. For I overcome evil with good. I am free from the law of sin and death.

Verse – Revelation 12:11 – And they overcame him (Satan) by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to death.

Affirmation – I am an overcomer and I overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of my testimony.

Verse – Psalm 119:89 – Forever O Lord, Your word is settled in heaven.

Affirmation – The word of God is forever settled in heaven. Therefore, I establish his word upon this earth. O Lord, let your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Don’t let the word “affirmation” throw you. Affirmations are prayers to God that confirm the truth of God. There are several types of prayers that believers can make to God, one of which is the seldom used prayer of rejoicing. Affirmations are prayers of rejoicing. The word “rejoice” means to feel or show great joy. Bible affirmations are tailor-made to express our great joy in the Lord for our salvation. Bible affirmations also are not new. They have been used for centuries by many of the giants of the Christian faith. I started using Bible affirmations a few years ago after I read a book titled, “The Tongue – A creative Force” by the late pastor and Christian author Charles Capps. I copied down on index cards the daily Bible affirmations pastor Capps used to worship God and I used them myself for years. However, last year I decided to make my own Bible affirmations. If you’re in fellowship with God through daily prayer and studying God’s word the process is really quite easy. Take a commandment of God that has a special meaning for you and then speak it back to God in prayer. When you speak God’s word back to him in prayer God is glorified when his words are heard by the host of heaven and all the fallen angels (demons) on earth. Then you need to turn God’s commandment into a personal statement of faith and declare your obedience to God for all to hear. Let God be glorified! Let God be magnified! Be joyful and rejoice in the Lord! King David danced before God out of joy and the Lord said David was a man after his own heart. It’s a good example for us to follow.

Tuesday:

Verse – Matthew 13:23 – (Jesus) – But he who received seed on the good ground is he who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces: some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Affirmation – I will produce good fruit by my witness for Christ. I will spread the gospel seed, the good news of God’s saving grace, to nonbelievers so that they will believe in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. I will leverage my testimony of the Lord by sharing the gospel in writing through my blog and my tract ministry in order to save one hundred lost souls for the kingdom of God; and then ten times one hundred.

Verse – Matthew 9:37-38 – (Jesus) – The harvest is truly plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.

Affirmation – I bless God for allowing me to participate in his salvation plan for man. I will work beside the Lord my God in his harvest field sharing the gospel of Christ in order to save one more for Jesus every day for as long as I live. I pray for more workers in God’s harvest field because the need is great and the workers are few. I will continually worship God with the praise of my lips and give my testimony of Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior. God is good and God is great and this my spirit knows very well.

Verse – Isaiah 41:10 – So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.

Affirmation – I will not fear anything because the Lord is my God. I will not be dismayed because I belong to the Most High. I am strengthened and helped by the Lord in everything I do. The righteous right hand of Almighty God will uphold me all the days of my life as I witness for Christ. Jesus is Lord! I rejoice in the Lord, who is my joy and my strength.

Verse – Daniel 12:3 – And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars for ever and ever.

Affirmation – I will be wise before the Lord through obedience to the commandments of God. I will fulfill the Great Commission I received from Jesus Christ, which is to spread the gospel message, the good news of God’s saving grace. I will continually give my testimony of Christ all my life in order to save many to the kingdom of heaven.

Verses – Romans 8:11 – But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

Matthew 16:19 – (Jesus) – And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.

Galatians 3:13 – Christ has redeemed us from the curse of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, “Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.”)

Affirmation – Christ has redeemed me from the curse of the law. Therefore, I forbid any sickness or disease to come upon this body. Every disease germ and every virus that touches this body dies instantly in the name of Jesus. Every organ and every tissue of this body functions in the perfection to which God created it to function, and I forbid any malfunction in this body, in the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord for loving me and saving me.

Verses – Psalm 91:10-11 – No evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling place, for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways.

Proverbs 12:28 – In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.

Luke 4:10 – For it is written: “He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you.”

Affirmation – No evil will befall me neither shall any plague come nigh my dwelling. For you have given your angels charge over me and they keep me in all my ways, and in my pathway is life and there is no death. Thank you Lord for protecting me.

Verses – 2 Corinthians 8:9 – For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that you through His poverty might become rich.

John 10:10 – (Jesus) – I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.

John 5:24 – (Jesus) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

Affirmation – I bless the Lord my God who has met all my needs. For poverty he has given me wealth, for sickness he has given me health, for death he has given me eternal life. My cup runneth over. Praise the Lord for his generosity toward his servant.

Verse – 1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Affirmation – I will continually do the work God has given me to do, which is to spread the gospel message of Jesus Christ to all nations and all people. I will be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord. I will save many lost souls for the kingdom of God. My work will not be in vain because Jesus Christ will reward me on the last day. I bless the Lord my God for his love, mercy, and grace toward a sinner like me.

Verse – Philippians 4:19 – And my God shall supply all your need according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Affirmation – My Lord supplies all of my need and I lack for nothing. The Lord makes all grace abound toward me so that I have everything I need to do the work that God has given me to do.

Verse – Psalm 119:105 – Your word is a lamp to my feet and a light to my path.

Affirmation – I will abide in the word of God in order to light the path in front of me as I run my race for the Lord; witnessing for Christ with all endurance.

In the dictionary the word “affirm” means to state something firmly or publicly. So an affirmation is the act of verbally saying something firmly or publicly. In this instance the something is verses from the Bible and my obedience to them. Use your voice to speak God’s words after him because it glorifies God and God will glorify you in return. It’s a win-win situation. Reading the Bible also glorifies God but speaking God’s word publicly will magnify the glory received by God and man. I speak my affirmations to God at my desk each morning but they are also heard publicly because they are heard not only by God but also by the angels in heaven, the demons on this earth and by Satan himself. I offer my prayers of worship to God through my Bible affirmations and the evil one hates it when I do that. God refers to his word as the commandment (singular). That means every verse, every positive statement in the Bible is a commandment from God. In my affirmations I start off by stating God’s commandment and then I follow up with a personal statement of faith in God and my pledge to be obedient to that particular commandment of God.

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Verse – Psalm 37:4 – Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart.

Affirmation – I delight myself in the Lord and he gives me the desires of my heart. I will work diligently in God’s harvest field to help save many lost souls for the kingdom of God as long as I can, even forty years like God’s prophets of old; or until Jesus Christ comes in the air to rapture his saints. I desire to stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ on the last day and hear him say, “well done good and faithful servant.” Help me Lord to save many nonbelievers for the kingdom of God.

Verse – Mark 16:15-16 – (Jesus) – Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned.

Affirmation – I will share the gospel message of Christ, the good news, with all nations and all people as long as I am able. I will give my testimony of Jesus Christ one on one as the opportunity arises. I will witness for Christ passively through my two Christian blog sites and also by distributing Christian tracts containing the gospel message, in order to reach nonbelievers who desperately need God’s saving grace. Lord help me to witness more effectively. Bless me in all things Lord, as I bless you.

Verse – Colossians 1:10-11 – That you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God; strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, for all patience and longsuffering with you.

Affirmation – I am increasing in the knowledge of God through Bible study and prayer. I am strengthened with all might according to His glorious power. I am pleasing to the Lord because I am obedient to the commandments of God. I am fulfilling the Great Commission which Jesus gave to his disciples, which is to share the gospel of Christ with all nations and all people. I am fruitful in every good work I do for the Lord. Lord help me to be fruitful.

Verse – 2 Corinthians 5:18 – Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.

Affirmation – I am reconciled to God because Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins. The Holy Spirit has given me the ministry of reconciliation by studying God’s word and spreading the gospel seed of Christ passively through my Christian blog and Christian tract ministry in order to save one more for Jesus every day on my walk with the Lord. I ask the Holy Spirit to convict the nonbeliever of their sins through the gospel seed I have spread.

Verse – Hebrews 12:1 – Let us lay aside every weight, and sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us.

Affirmation – I will lay aside every weight and sin so that I can do the work that God has given me to do during my race before the Lord. I will share the gospel message of Christ with all endurance, even forty years, if there is time and God is willing. I will save one more for Jesus every day by my testimony. I bless you Lord for my provision.

Verse – Romans 12:1 – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Affirmation – God has given me my body, this tent, this temple of the Holy Spirit. I present my body back to the God who made me as my reasonable service to do good works before the Lord in his harvest field in obedience to the commandments of God. The number one good work I do for God is witnessing for Christ and I will do it all the days of my life; even forty years if there is time before the rapture comes and God is willing. Holy God, help me to save one more for Jesus every day.

Verse – Matthew 6:19-20 – (Jesus) – Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy and where thieves break in and steal; but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust destroys and where thieves do not break in and steal.

Affirmation – I will lay up treasures in heaven by saving nonbelievers to the kingdom of God through my witness for Christ. I will save one more for Jesus every day as I strive to fulfill the Great Commission of God, which is to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. Lord of heaven and earth, help me in my witness for Christ so that I may save one more for Jesus every day gain treasures in heaven, which you will give me on the last day.

Verses – Proverbs 14:25 – A true witness delivers souls, but a deceitful witness speaks lies.

Proverbs 11:30 – The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

Affirmation – I will bless the Lord daily for allowing me to help save nonbelievers. With the help of Almighty God I will deliver lost souls to the kingdom of heaven through my true witness for Jesus Christ. I will be wise in the eyes of the Lord by winning souls for God. As the righteousness of Christ I will produce much fruit for heaven all the days of my life. May the Lord grant me forty years in his service or until Jesus comes in the air for his saints.

Verse – 2 Corinthians 9:6-8 – But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully. So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Affirmation – I will sow the gospel seed of Christ’s salvation bountifully all the days of my life so that on the last day I will also reap bountifully. I will cheerfully give to those in need from my abundance provided to me from God. Almighty God. Make all grace abound toward me so that I can sow the gospel seed bountifully. Let God be magnified always, even forever! The Lord is the joy of my life. I rejoice in the Lord!

It’s wrong thinking to think God doesn’t love us. We are all creatures made by the fingers of God. We are God’s masterpiece of creation and throughout the entire Bible God repeatedly confirms his love for us. In fact, the Bible is often called God’s love letter to man. Satan is the god of this world and you must remember that he can and does put negative thoughts in our mind all the time. If you’re spiritually aware you can often differentiate between your thoughts, God’s thoughts, and Satan’s thoughts. One of Satan’s strategies is to separate us from the love of God by constantly telling us God didn’t make us and God couldn’t possible love someone like us, a mere sin-filled human being. Nothing could be further from the truth. God dearly loves every creature he has made.

We are all children of God and the Bible makes it clear God wants all his creatures in heaven with him. But God isn’t going to force us to go to heaven. Every person has the free will choice whether to serve God or Satan. The love God has for us is incomprehensible to Satan, who loves no one and hates everything. The Bible confirms God is love and we know Satan is the direct opposite of God in all things so that means Satan is hate. Satan hates man most of all because he knows we’re special to God. Satan would destroy all human beings if given the opportunity. However, God protects us from the evil one. God allows Satan and his demons to attack our minds but they aren’t allowed to harm us physically. Those are God’s rules.

John 3:16 – (Jesus) – For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.

John 14:21 – (Jesus) – He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him.

Romans 8:38-39 – For I am persuaded that neither death nor life, nor angels nor principalities nor powers, nor things present nor things to come, nor height nor depth, nor any other created thing, shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Hebrews 7:25 – Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to make intercession for them.

Romans 8:30 – Moreover whom He predestined, these He also called; whom He called, these He also justified, these He also glorified.

It’s wrong thinking to think God will stop loving us because we sin. God never stops loving all the sinful nonbelievers who are going to hell so what makes you think God will stop loving you, a believer, just because you sin? Would you stop loving your child just because they did something wrong? No you wouldn’t, because your child was made by you. Your child is a part of you and your love is an unconditional love. The love of God is a thousand times greater than our love. In fact, the love of God is so profound that man cannot fathom the depth of God’s love this side of heaven. Look, God made us so he’s well aware how weak we are and he has compassion for us. God knew before we were even born that every man is going to sin again him and to what degree. That includes all nonbelievers as well as all believers. God knew all men would sin before he laid the foundation of the world yet it didn’t stop God from going ahead and making us anyway. So it’s ludicrous to think God would suddenly stop loving us because we did something (sin) that God knew we were going to do before he made us. If that were the case God wouldn’t have gone to the trouble to make us in the first place. God is ever faithful and his love is constant. God never made any person with the express purpose of sending them to hell. God’s mind doesn’t work that way. God made us for fellowship in heaven forever and he loves us in spite of the sins he knew we were going to commit and he forgives us of our sins if we ask him. Can’t you see that?

James 5:15 – And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven.

1 John 2:1 – My little children, these things I write to you so that you may not sin. And if anyone sins, we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Psalm 14:3 – They have all turned aside, they have together become corrupt; there is none who does good, no, not one.

Ecclesiastes 7:20 – For there is not a just man on earth who does good and does not sin.

If Satan can convince the nonbeliever that God doesn’t love him it’s much easier for him to steal their you soul. If you’re a believer Satan wants to make you think you can lose the love of God in order to make you an ineffective Christian; someone who can’t spread the gospel message of God’s saving grace. Satan wants to convince you that you are not worthy of God’s love and that God couldn’t possibly love someone like you because of your sin. Satan knows nothing about God’s love so why would you listen to him? Look, if your faith in your own salvation isn’t rock solid your witness for Christ won’t be worth a darn. You must have a passion for God when you witness for Christ because a nonbeliever can always tell whether or not you’re passionate about serving the Lord. If you don’t have a palpable passion for God the nonbeliever will tune you out before you even get to the gospel message of Christ. Just accept the fact that we live in a fallen world and we’re all going to sin and pay no attention to Satan’s lies. As believers we are to try to our best to sin less and less every day as we live out our lives, while asking God in daily prayer to forgive us of our sins.

John 10:28 – (Jesus) – And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

2 Corinthians 5:7 – For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

Galatians 6:7 – Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

1 Corinthians 2:14 – But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

It’s wrong thinking to think you’re not saved just because you don’t feel like you’re saved. Fellings have nothing to do with it. The Bible confirms if you confess Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then you’re saved. End of discussion. Every person has an eternal spirit given to them at conception by God. You can’t see your invisible spirit. Your spirit has no weight and you can’t feel it yet that doesn’t mean it isn’t there. The physical man cannot discern spiritual things easily so we have to rely on the word of God to know what’s going on in the spiritual world. The Bible says we must live by faith and not by sight so start doing it. When we are saved through faith in Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior God gives us a brand new spirit because our old spirit contained the sin of Adam’s fall in the Garden of Eden. We can’t feel that happening in our body yet it’s true. We need to look at salvation from God’s perspective. Salvation is not about us and what we deserve because, quite frankly, we deserve to suffer eternal death for our sins against God. Our salvation is ultimately about God and the love and mercy he feels toward us, his special creation.

Ephesians 1:13 – In Him you also trusted, after you heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation; in whom also, having believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.

Ephesians 4:30 – And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption.

1 Corinthians 3:16-17 – Do you not know that you are the temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwells in you? If anyone defiles the temple of God, God will destroy him. For the temple of God is holy, which temple you are.

Romans 8:11 – But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you.

John 14:16 – (Jesus) – And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever.

At the moment of our salvation the Holy Spirit also takes up residence in our bodies forevermore as an earnest deposit from God until we are redeemed by the Lord on the last day. The Holy Spirit can only indwell someone who is saved because God cannot abide sin. Only a vessel cleansed of sin by God is fit for the Master’s use. If someone were to lose their salvation by the introduction of sin back into their spirit that would mean the Holy Spirit gets kicked out of the body like an unwanted squatter. Does that sound possible to you? It doesn’t to me. The Holy Spirit is God’s guarantee that we are saved and the Holy Spirit never leaves a believer’s living body once indwelling occurs. We can’t feel the Holy Spirit living inside us but that doesn’t mean it’s not true. I know this to be true spiritually because I’ve studied the word of God for over twenty years. You’re saved unto eternal life in heaven through faith because God says you are if you’ve given your life to Jesus. It makes no difference how you feel. What’s important is what God says in his word because God cannot lie. You can’t physically feel something that is happening spiritually so get a grip and trust what God says. If you’re a believer and you don’t think you’re saved after praying the sinner’s prayer to God then you’re calling God a liar to his face. You’re mocking God and you’ll be held accountable on the last day when you stand before Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:5 – I will never leave you nor forsake you.

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

John 4:24 – (Jesus) – God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.

John 3:6 – (Jesus) – That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

John 7:38 – (Jesus) – He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.

I’m also one of the few believers that God has blessed with the physical knowledge that the Holy Spirit is inside me. Years ago in New Orleans when I was still working I physically felt the Holy Spirit move inside my body. In my hotel room I felt something solid in the pit of my stomach and I felt it move up through my chest and come out my neck as I automatically bent forward as though I was going to throw up. It was firm but invisible. It scared the hell out of me at the time because I didn’t know what had happened. It wasn’t until several years later after I’d begun to study the Bible in earnest that I realized it was the Holy Spirit I felt that day in New Orleans and he was making me aware of his presence. I was saved at the age of twelve so why was God suddenly making me aware that he is with me after all that time? I had no answer that made sense to me. Several years after this I received my ministry of reconciliation from the Holy Spirit, which is to study God’s word and give my testimony of God through the written word. My bones were on fire for the Lord, therefore I had to witness for Christ. I had an unquenchable thirst for God’s word and still do. I will abide in God’s word forever and I suggest you do the same if you want to please God.

Jeremiah 20:9 – Then I said, “I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name.” But His word was in my heart like a burning fire shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, and I could not.

Psalm 42:1 – As the deer pants for the water brooks, so pants my soul for You, O God.

Psalm 63:1 – O God, You are my God; early will I seek You; my soul thirsts for You; my flesh longs for You in a dry and thirsty land where there is no water.

Psalm 143:6 – I spread out my hands to You; my soul longs for You like a thirsty land.

Psalm 84:2 – My soul longs for the courts of the Lord; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.

My study of God’s word started out with writing letters to my family and friends and eventually it evolved into www.onemoreforjesus.net; my Christian blog site whereby I spread the gospel seed in writing. I also witness for Christ “passively” by distributing gospel tracts through my prison ministry, www.christiantractministry.com. All believers are commanded by God to witness for Christ to all nations and all people and this is how I obey God; by spreading the gospel seed through the written word. God manifested himself to me physically as the indwelt Holy Spirit that day in New Orleans so that I could one day give my testimony about the Lord in my blog, which I am doing now, and which I have also done on numerous occasions in the past. This is my testimony about the God who made me.

Psalm 45:1 – My heart is overflowing with a good theme; I recite my composition concerning the King; my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

1 John 5:13 – These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God.

1 John 2:25 – And this is the promise thet He has promised us – eternal life.

John 8:47 – (Jesus) – He who is of God hears God’s words; therefore you do not hear, because you are not of God.

Luke 11:23 – (Jesus) – He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

The last thing I want to address in this blog is those believers who think they can somehow lose their salvation because of their sin. It’s wrong thinking to think that a believer can lose their salvation once it’s freely given to them by God. Can God make a mistake? No. Can God change his mind? No. If it were possible for a believer to lose his salvation through sin God would have told us in his word. I find no mention of that in the Bible but I have found numerous scriptures that confirm our salvation is forever. You have to remember God knows the end from the beginning so he already knows every event that’ll take place in his creation including every moment of your life. God already knows every sin you’ll ever commit so if he chooses to go ahead and make you and then save you God won’t later renege on his promise of salvation. That is a lie from Satan so dismiss it. God know your heart so if he saves you are saved forever. The calling of God in irrevocable. To prove it God indwells the believer with his Holy Spirit as an earnest deposit which ensures he’ll redeem us on the last day. Satan preys on our minds and one of his greatest lies is you’ll lose your salvation if you sin. If that were the case there wouldn’t be any saints in heaven because all believers sin and we’ll continue to do so even after we’re saved. God knows we’re dust, we’re weak, and we’ll continue to sin because we live in a sin-filled world as we walk this earth in our physical bodies which are also full of sin. It’s just a part of the human condition as long as Satan is the god of this world. If a believer grieves the Holy Spirit through sin God has the option of bringing him home early and they may lose their reward.

John 6:40 – (Jesus) – And this is the will of Him whom sent Me, that everyone who sees the Son of God and believes in Him may have everlasting life; and I will raise him up at the last day.

John 6:47 – (Jesus) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me has everlasting life.

1 John 5:11 – And this is the testimony: that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.

John 5:24 – (Jesus) – Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My words and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.

Romans 5:1 – Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

God is not a liar and God will not be mocked! The Bible makes it abundantly clear that salvation once given will last for all eternity. Jesus Christ, the son of God, came off his throne in heaven, took on flesh, and died on the cross in our place so that our sins could be forgiven by a loving and merciful God so that we can have eternal life in heaven. So if you think your salvation can be lost are you telling me that Jesus died in vain? God forbid! If you suddenly become unsaved because of sin how much sin would that entail because we all sin to one degree or another? If you decide you want to be saved again does that mean Jesus must shed his blood for you a second time, and so on? Are you saying the blood of Christ wasn’t sufficient to save you completely the first time? At the moment of salvation scripture tells us it’s the Holy spirit that actually changes our eternal destination from hell to heaven. It’s the Holy Spirit that writes the new believer’s name in God’s book of life. So you think when you become unsaved the Holy Spirit has to go back to the book of life and put a line through your name and then correct the mistake he made by marking you down for heaven. And you figured all this out by yourself without any mention of it in the Bible. That is rich! You’ve fallen into Satan’s trap! If you follow this line of thinking you’re a fool. If you mock God and call him a liar to his face you’ll be held accountable on the last day when you stand before Jesus Christ at the bema judgment seat. Don’t fall for Satan’s lies. Once you’re saved you’re always saved. I’m a Baptist and this is what my church believes and what I believe. Other Christian denominations think differently as noted below:

Arguments and Perspectives on Salvation:

Methodists – Methodists state that a believer can lose their salvation through intentional rejection of faith, but it can be regained through repentance.

Pentecostals – Pentecostals think that salvation can be lost through willful sin or turning away from faith.

Catholics – Catholics believe that salvation can be forfeited through grave sin, but confession and penance offer the opportunity for reconciliation.

Baptists – Baptists believe that once saved, always saved; stressing the security of the believer’s salvation.

All denominations need to be careful not to establish church doctrine based on the reading of one or two vague Bible verses. When you interpret scripture that is not very clear look at the surrounding scriptures for clarification. Consider the context in which the scriptures were written and who was the intended target of the book or verses. Scripture is best interpreted by other scripture. If something is important to God he’ll repeat the verse or verses multiple times in his word which gives you an opportunity to clarify its meaning. All I know is the Bible contains dozens of scriptures that clearly confirm salvation is irrevocable. There are no mistakes in the Bible and God cannot lie. I urge all people of God and all church denominations to study God’s word so they can be assured of their salvation. Assurance of our salvation is one of God’s greatest gifts to man. When we have peace with God it allows us to have the peace of God in our hearts. We don’t have that unless we know our salvation is secure. How can you have the peace of God in your heart and effectively witness for Christ if you aren’t rock solid in the belief of your own salvation? You simply can’t witness effectively for Christ if you think your salvation could be taken from you at any moment. To me this in one of Satan’s greatest lies. The Bible confirms that Satan cannot snatch us out of God’s hand once we’re saved so believe God. Rest easy in the love and peace of God.

Every morning I get up between 3:00 am and 4:00 am and for the next couple of hours or so I slowly drink a pot of coffee to wake up and get going for the day. I’m a morning person so I’m at my desk early. This is my favorite time of the day because I have time to meditate on the magnitude and majesty of Almighty God. I have a vivid imagination but whatever I think it’ll be like in heaven I know it won’t even scratch the surface of the wonders God has in store for us. Why do I think this? Because God says our minds cannot comprehend the riches and glory that await us in heaven. It’s during this quiet time with God that I usually come up with the topics for my blogs: things that I think nonbelievers and believers alike should know about heaven, God, and our place in the grand scheme of things. If I happen to be working on a new blog I’ll first do a draft online before I edit it, publish it and print it. I use my hard copy so I can reread it in order to tweak it some more until I’m happy with it.

1 Corinthians 2:9 – Eye has not seen, nor ear heard, nor have entered into the heart of man the things which God has prepared for those who love Him.

Romans 11:33 – Oh, the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgments and His ways past finding out!

Romans 11:29 – For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable.

1 Corinthians 2:14 – But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Scriptural references are important and I add many of them after posting the blog. All believers should memorize the scriptures so they get ingrained in your spirit. I keep my scriptures in three index boxes labeled New Testament, Old Testament, and The Gospels for easy retrieval. If I have a verse in my head but I can’t remember where it’s located in the Bible I can do an internet search if I know the gist of the scripture or I can go to my Strong’s Concordance as long as I know at least one word in the verse. I can usually find what I’m looking for. I usually reread my blog multiple times when I’m done and I keep editing it as I go along until I feel satisfied with the finished product. I usually make a dozen or so minor edits before I reach that point and some blogs take me a week to complete. On the other hand, some blogs only take a couple of hours. It just depends on the topic and the depth of analysis. I’m not an English major. I don’t care so much about syntax and minor errors as I do about getting my point across clearly. I try to remove all the obvious errors I find but I don’t fret over every misspelled word or wrong punctuation mark.

2 Corinthians 5:21 – For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Romans 5:12 – Therefore, just as through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin, and thus death spread to all men, because all sinned.

Romans 3:23 – For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

Hebrews 9:27 – And as it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.

I’m currently working on my “wrong thinking” blog series. I just finished with my blog titled Wrong Thinking (#4) and this morning I was considering what to include in Wrong Thinking (#5). I was thinking about how believers build up treasure in heaven by the “work” they do for God here on earth. It suddenly dawned on me I’ve been engaged in “wrong thinking” on this topic for a long time. In the past I’ve stated that believers who don’t save at least one lost soul to the kingdom of God by their witness for Christ will have all their good works burn up before the Lord on the last day as they stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ. I’ve had an epiphany. In my opinion on heavenly rewards I’m being too harsh. Don’t get me wrong. I still believe all believers should dedicate their lives to witnessing for Christ in order to save as many nonbelievers to heaven as possible. I still believe that anyone who saves at least one person for heaven will receive treasures in heaven equal to the level of precious stones. Anyone who saves one hundred people for heaven will reach the silver reward level and those who save a thousand or more people for heaven will reach the gold reward level. I don’t know what heavenly rank, privileges or rewards go with each reward level in heaven but I do know it’ll be good because God is generous and God doesn’t give away junk. The scriptures say the mind of man cannot comprehend the riches of God. I’ll take God’s word for it. As I live my life on earth in obedience to the commandments of God my mind is always on the wonders that await me in heaven.

Colossians 3:2 – Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth.

1 Corinthians 3:14-15 – If anyone’s work which he has built on it (Jesus) endures, he will receive a reward. If anyone’s work is burned, he will suffer loss (of rewards); but he himself will be saved, yet so as through fire.

1 Corinthians 1:18 – For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.

1 Corinthians 3:12-13 – Now if anyone builds on this foundation (of Jesus Christ) with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw, each one’s work will become clear; for the day will declare it; because it will be revealed by fire; and the fire will test each one’s work, of what sort it is.

Ninety percent of the believers in heaven will be there by faith in Jesus Christ alone, never having saved even one other person to the kingdom of heaven by their witness for Christ. That is so sad! It’s wrong thinking for believers to think they don’t have to share the gospel message of Jesus Christ with all nations and all people. Don’t leave it to other people. Don’t leave it to the church. Jesus gave the Great Commission to his disciples on the Mount of Olives before he ascended back to heaven. As believers we’re also disciples of Christ just like the original twelve and God’s number one commandment to witness for Christ also falls on us as believers. Right thinking is being obedient to God. If my original premise was correct that means 90% of the saints in heaven will wind up with no treasure in heaven. On reflection, it’s hard to image 90% of the saints in heaven walking around without any treasure. God is much too generous to let that happen. My singular goal is witnessing for Christ but to his glory God rewards all good works. Scripture says God is also generous to a fault so we can be sure God will give all the saints in heaven treasure for every good work, whether they save someone or not. Your money belongs to God so use it for his glory.

Mark 16:15 – (Jesus) – Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.

2 Timothy 4:1-2 – I charge you therefore before God and the Lord Jesus Christ, who will judge the living and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom: Preach the word! Be ready in season and out of season. Convince, rebuke, exhort, with all longsuffering and teaching.

Acts 10:42 – And He commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is He who was ordained by God to be Judge of the living and the dead.

Romans 1:16 – For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek (Gentile).

With the possible exception of the thief on the cross and some of those being saved on their deathbed, I think just about any believer will have time to accrue treasures in heaven based on at least some good works they do on earth, no matter how small and insignificant it may seem at the time. On the other hand, believers can also build up unforgiven sin during their lifetime which will reduce their treasures in heaven. In God’s economy there are always offsetting forces working against each other like good and evil, reward and punishment, etc. I think doing good works before the Lord adds credits to our heavenly bank account. Unforgiven sins committed against God are debits to our heavenly bank account. The treasures we receive from Jesus Christ on the last day will be our credits minus our debits. The goal of every believer should be save as many people to heaven as possible and then to maximize the heavenly credits by other good works and limit the sins that cause heavenly debits. That way our treasure in heaven will be the greatest it can possibly be. Saving souls for heaven will lead to exponentially greater rewards in heaven than simply doing other good works. Your treasure in heaven depends on how many people you save (i.e., precious stones, silver, and gold) by your witness for Christ plus any other good works you do for God. A believer can never lose their treasure for saving a lost soul for the kingdom of heaven.

Romans 6:23 – For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 4:8 – Blessed is the man to whom the Lord shall not impute sin.

Romans 12:1 – I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service.

Titus 2:7 – In all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, incorruptibility.

In the Bible God talks about believers before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ who have all their works burned up so all they have left is their birthday suit. This happens when the believer has more debits (sins) than he does credits (good works). I can’t stress enough that every good work we do and every sin we commit in this life will be noted by God and we will be held accountable, whether good or bad. The one exception is if believers ask God to forgive their sins. When that happens the sins of man are remembered no more. When believers are saved unto eternal life they receive a new spirit from God that is without sin and our past sins are forgiven. We have a clean slate but it doesn’t stay that way. We are stuck with our physical bodies until we die or we’re raptured to Jesus in the air to receive our glorified bodies that are without sin. Salvation was an instantaneous one time event and since we’re all still sinners after our salvation we start to accrue sins again, day by day, as we live out our lives here on earth.

2 Corinthians 5:10 – For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive the things done in the body, according to what he has done, whether good or bad.

1 Corinthians 3:7-9 – So then neither he who plants is anything, nor he who waters, but God who gives the increase. Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor. For we are God’s fellow workers; you are God’s field, you are God’s building.

Revelation 22:12 – (Jesus) – And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work.

1 Peter 1:17 – And if you call on the Father, who without partiality judges according to each one’s work, conduct yourselves throughout the time of your stay here in fear.

However, God gives us a way to get rid of our sins and that is to go to God in prayer and ask for God to forgive our sins. We have God’s promise that our sins will be forgiven. What could be better than that? God cannot lie! It’s wrong thinking to not go to God in prayer to ask him to forgive our sins on a daily basis. That’s just common sense. We can’t keep from sinning. Only God can forgive our sins. Our sins keep building up if we don’t give them to God. If we don’t give our sins to God then we have to pay for them ourselves on the last day. Why on earth would anyone want to pay a huge penalty for their sins when it’s so easy to get rid of them? All you have to do is pray to God and ask him to forgive you of your sins and he’ll do it because God makes that promise to us in his word. Praise God for his mercy!

2 Timothy 2:21 – Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter (sin), he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

Colossians 4:2 – Continue earnestly in prayer, being vigilant in it with thanksgiving.

James 1:22 – But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

Matthew 12:36-37 – (Jesus) – But I say to you that for every idle word men may speak, they will give account of it in the day of judgment. For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned.

So what’s the problem? The problem is there are a lot of Christians who never progress beyond the spiritual milk of God’s word. They don’t pray to God as often as they should and when they do they’re asking for “things” instead of asking for their sins to be forgiven. Can you believe it! Maybe they don’t think they’re worthy of having their sins forgiven. All I know is most believers don’t read their Bibles so they don’t know what they should do to get rid of their accumulated sins before God. Look, I’ve been studying God’s word for over twenty years and I’m still learning new stuff every day. It takes time and it takes effort. I’m a mature Christian but I still sin every day. It’s a part of the human condition. If you’re a believer going about your day and you commit a sin against God and you realize it; stop immediately and ask God for his forgiveness. Before you go to sleep at night pray to God for the forgiveness of any sins you may have committed that day.

Ephesians 5:15-16 – See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil.

John 3:27 – A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.

1 Thessalonians 2:4 – But as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, even so we speak, not as pleasing men, but God who tests our hearts.

1 Peter 3:15 – But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear.

Before your eyes close at night pray to the Lord so you have a clean slate before God; no unforgiven sins on the books should you die in your sleep. God accomplishes his work on earth through godly men so make sure you’re a vessel worthy of the Master’s use. Focus on obeying God to build up treasures in heaven. Most believers understand this but they often forget it’s just as important for us to remove the sins that are also building up and reducing our treasures in heaven. The most successful Christians will be those who maximize their good works and minimize their accumulated sins against God. Prayer is the key to both. As a believer you can have it all. Have it on your mind to do good works all the time. Look for opportunities to do good. Ask God to forgive your sins daily. Continually witness for Christ in order to save lost souls for the kingdom of heaven. The more people you save the greater your rewards will be in heaven. If you do all these things you’ll hear Jesus Christ say to you on the last day, “Well done good and faithful servant.”

1 Corinthians 6:19-20 – Or do you not know that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God, and you are not your own. For you were bought at a price; therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.

Ephesians 2:8-9 – For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, not of works, lest anyone should boast.

2 Corinthians 9:6 – But this I say: He who sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and he who sows bountifully will also reap bountifully.

2 Corinthians 8:12 – For if there is first a willing mind, it is acceptable according to what one has, and not according to what he does not have.

In summary, it’s wrong thinking to think a believer’s good works are without any merit before God. Every good work before the Lord is recorded and the believer will be rewarded on the last day. God misses nothing and judges everything. It’s wrong thinking to think a believer’s sins won’t come back to haunt them. Every sin committed against God is recorded and the believer will be held accountable on the last day. The only exception is if the believer prays to God and asks for their sins to be forgiven. Prayer is the means God has established to offload the sins of man onto himself so take advantage of it. It’s wrong thinking for a believer to not prioritize witnessing for Christ above all other good works before the Lord.

Romans 4:4 – Now to him who works, the wages are not counted as grace but as debt.

John 4:36 – (Jesus) – And he who reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit for eternal life, that both he who sows and he who reaps may rejoice together.

1 Corinthians 15:58 – Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Galatians 6:9-10 – And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart. Therefore, as we have opportunity, let us do good to all, especially to those who are of the household of faith.

The Great Commission from Jesus is for believers to share the gospel message to all nations and all people. It’s the thing dearest to God’s heart. Every creature made by the hands of God is priceless in his eyes. It’s wrong thinking for a believer not to live their life in service to God. As the Apostle Paul said, it’s our reasonable service to the God who made us. In the end, life itself is meaningless apart from a right relationship with God. If you aren’t serving God you’re not living; you’re just existing. The most important thing any believer can do is witness for Christ to save lost souls to the kingdom of heaven. The wages you receive from God for this work will last forever. Think of it as your heavenly rewards pension plan. The more people you save and the more good works you do the greater your pension amount increases. That’s not a bad return for seventy years of work that’ll benefit us forever.

John 15:8 – (Jesus) – By this My Father is glorified, that you bear much fruit.

Luke 10:2 – (Jesus) – The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His field.

Matthew 16:27 – (Jesus) – For the Son of Man will come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and then He will reward each according to his works.

2 Corinthians 9:7-8 – So let each one give as he purposes in his heart, not grudgingly or of necessity; for God loves a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Titus 3:8 – This is a faithful saying, and these things I want you to affirm constantly, that those who have believed in God should be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

Ecclesiastes 12:13-14 – Let us hear the conclusion to the whole matter: Fear God and keep His commandments, for this is man’s all. For God will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing, whether good or evil.

When I started this blog series on wrong thinking I did it on the fly, writing about the first things that popped into my head without any thought of which wrong thinking is more important than others. So far I’ve used my wrong thinking blogs to illustrate what right thinking is. Right thinking is knowing there is a God in heaven. If you’re an atheist God says you’re a fool and he’s right. Right thinking is knowing there is only one God and Jehovah is his name. It’s just common sense that only one God exists and if you look at the evidence it all points to the Lord Jehovah as God. Right thinking is knowing there are not a lot of different gods in the world and there aren’t many paths to heaven as the humanist world would have you believe. This is just one of the doctrines of Satan and it doesn’t ring true. Right thinking is knowing the only way to heaven is through faith by accepting Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. Right thinking is knowing the Bible is God’s word and that God cannot lie. Right thinking is knowing that God is not only a loving God but also a just God and everyone won’t be going to heaven because of that. Only believers who have accepted God’s saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior will be allowed into heaven. Their sins have been forgiven by a merciful God because of their faith in Jesus. Right thinking is knowing believers are indwelt by the Holy Spirit.

John 16:33 – (Jesus) – These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.

Revelation 21:7 – He who overcomes shall inherit all things, and I will be his God and he shall be My son.

Ephesians 6:11 – Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.

If everyone goes to heaven what’s the point of our lives? If everyone gets a free pass to heaven why even bother with obeying God and living fruitful lives? Why doesn’t God just start us out in heaven and be done with it? Right thinking is knowing the Holy Bible is the inerrant word of God and not just a book. More than 500 fulfilled Bible prophesies can’t be wrong. It shows the Bible is God’s word without any doubt because only God can tell the future. Right thinking is knowing the universe is only 6,000 years old and not billions of years old as the humanist world would have us believe. The former is proven by God’s word while the later is just an unproven doctrine of Satan to hide the truth of God from man. Right thinking is knowing God made Adam and Eve 6,000 years ago, as fully grown adults, when he placed them in the Garden of Eden. This is the only logical explanation that also fits the evidence. And finally, right thinking is knowing man didn’t evolve from one cell organisms over a long period of time. The theory of evolution is just another unproven doctrine of Satan to hide the fact that God created man.

Ezekiel 28:12-13 – You (Satan) were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: the sardius, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes was prepared for you on the day you were created.

Ezekiel 28:14-16 – You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; you were on the holy mountain of God; you walked back and forth in the midst of the fiery stones. You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, till iniquity was found in you. By the abundance of your trading you became filled with violence within, and you sinned; therefore I cast you as a profane thing out of the mountain of God; and I destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the fiery stones.

Matthew 4:10 – (Jesus) – Away with you Satan! For it is written, you shall worship the Lord your God, and Him only you shall serve.

Looking back, I probably should have addressed this next area of wrong thinking at the very beginning because it’s important. It’s wrong thinking to think the devil isn’t real; that he’s just a metaphor for the human condition. If God is real then so is the devil, and so is hell. Nonbelievers don’t believe in either God or Satan. However, about 60% of Christians who embrace God deny there’s a devil because they don’t want to believe a benevolent and loving God would send someone to hell forever. They choose to stick their heads in the sand. I have a hard time understanding their reasoning because if you believe in God how can you not also believe in the Bible being the inerrant word of God? If you believe the Bible is without error how can you then not believe in the devil when he is mentioned throughout the Bible? Satan is mentioned in seven Old Testament books (Genesis, Job, Psalms, Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah, and 1 Chronicles). Satan is mentioned in 19 New Testament books and referred to by every New Testament writer. Satan is mentioned by name 23 times in the New Testament, 15 times by Jesus Christ himself and eight times by other saints. How can someone accept Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and then call him a liar to his face by denying the existence of Satan? The existence of Satan is declared in the Bible so believe it. Grow a backbone! Don’t ever accept the lies of the humanist world!

Isaiah 14:12-14 – How you are fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How you are cut down to the ground, you who weaken the nations! For you have said in your heart: I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God; I will also sit on the mount of the congregation on the farthest side of the north; I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the Most High.

Isaiah 14:15-17 – Yet you (Satan) shall be brought down to Sheol, to the lowest depths of the Pit. Those who see you will gaze at you, and consider you, saying: Is this the man who made the earth tremble, who shook kingdoms, who made the world a wilderness and destroyed its cities, who did not open the house of his prisoners?

Ephesians 6:16 – Above all, taking the shield of faith with which you will be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one.

Every culture in the world has a universal fear of an invisible evil power and well they should because the devil is real and he means us harm. Most of the world now doubts the evil one is real. Satan works best when his existence is doubted which is why our humanist world puts forth this narrative. Satan controls the world so this is his message for the masses. When Satan is acknowledged he is portrayed as harmless so the evil one has all the bases covered in order to fool mankind, even many believers. Believers who fall for this false narrative are those who are saved but who are still on spiritual milk because they don’t pray regularly to God and they don’t know what the Bible says because they haven’t read it. Believers who don’t abide in God’s word are easily corrupted by the world into doubting God and believing what the world says. Believers who call God a liar are sinning against God, plain and simple. They will suffer loss when they have to stand before the bema judgment seat of Jesus Christ on the last day. The salvation of believers is secure but all believers who sin against God will suffer loss on the last day because of that sin.

1 Corinthians 10:13 – No temptation has overtaken you except such as is common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it.

Galatians 2:20 – I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me.

2 Corinthians 5:11 – Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men.

You have my testimony that Satan is indeed a real person and not some figment of our imagination. As a believer I’ve discerned the thoughts of God and Satan inside my head. Not all the time but sometimes. Satan has 22 different names in the Bible. Does that sound to you like someone who doesn’t exist? We all know the Bible story about Lucifer being the most powerful angel in heaven who led a rebellion against God taking with him with one third of the angels in heaven. Lucifer was renamed Satan by God and he and his fallen angels (demons) were defeated and kicked out of heaven and thrown to earth. Satan still has access to the throne of God where he is man’s constant accuser. The word devil means “slanderer.” Jesus Christ sits at God’s right hand to defend us against Satan’s accusations. Jesus is our Mediator. The word Satan means “adversary” ; ours not God’s. God has no equal in power. Satan has a photographic memory. The devil is intelligent, he has a will, he has emotions, and he has great organizational skills, otherwise he would not have been able to convince a third of the angels in heaven to follow him. I’m always amazed Satan was able to do that. Don’t underestimate the son of perdition. Stay close to God. Satan is the second most powerful being in the universe. Stay far away from Satan because he wants to steal your soul.

2 Corinthians 4:4 – Whose minds the god of this age has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

Ephesians 4:26-27 – Be angry, and do not sin: do not let the sun go down on your wrath, nor give place to the devil.

1 John 4:4 – You are of God, little children, and have overcome them, because He who is in you is greater that he who is in the world.

We’re in luck because God is more powerful that Satan, much more powerful. God is omnipotent and Satan is not. It’s like an ant versus an elephant. God is the creator and Satan is the created. Satan hates that because he wants to be God so badly. His pride was his downfall. God is omnipresent and Satan isn’t. God is everywhere at the same time so God sees everything and knows everything that’s going on. Satan can only be in one place at a time. God is omniscient so he even knows our thoughts and emotions. Satan can’t read our minds but he can hear and act on what we say so guard your lips. When we say Satan oppresses us mentally what we really mean is it’s probably one of the millions of demons who are obeying the devil and advancing Satan’s agenda by attacking the mind of man. The demons from the spiritual world are always watching us and listening to what we say, looking for an opening to cause us to harm ourselves and others when under duress.

1 John 3:8 – He who sins is of the devil, for the devil has sinned from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil.

Romans 7:18 – For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present in me, but how to perform what is good I do not find.

Hebrews 10:31 – It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

We’re constantly being observed from the spirit world. Not all day or even every day. But we never know when we’re being observed from the spirit world so we need to be careful in everything we do. God, of course, is always watching us to protect us as well as judge what we do. God can tell the future because he’s the author of history. Satan can’t tell the future which is why no prophecies have been fulfilled by any of the fake religions and false gods he’s sponsored throughout history. Satan has read the Bible so he knows his fate. He just doesn’t believe it will happen as written. If you’re a nonbeliever reading this blog you’re in Satan’s hip pocket whether you know it or not. Your fate is sealed. You’re going to hell when you die unless you do something about it; like finding God and accepting his saving grace through faith in Jesus Christ before it’s too late. It’s wrong thinking to think Satan isn’t a real person. Satan is an invisible spirit being who hates our guts. It’s wrong thinking to think Satan isn’t hunting us like a hungry lion stalking its prey. It’s wrong thinking to think Satan isn’t the ruler of hell as well as a murderer and a psychopathic killer. Satan is the king of death and the death of many billions of people is on his hands. The only way to correct your wrong thinking about the devil is by studying the word of God so you’ll know what you’re up against and what you must do to protect yourself from Satan’s attacks.

Isaiah 5:20-21 – Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

Luke 10:18 – (Jesus) – I saw Satan fall like lightning from heaven.

Hebrews 2:14 – Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself (Jesus) likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had power of death, that is, the devil.

Nonbelievers have no chance against the power of Satan. Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so they can’t see the truth of God. Nonbelievers are putty in Satan’s hands because they don’t have God’s protection because they aren’t children of God. Believers, on the other hand, have no such excuse and they should know better than to fall for Satan’s lies. Believers know God is a loving God. Some believers just have a hard time understanding that God is also a just God. God is not some gentle old grandfather figure who is here just for our pleasure; dispensing goodies like a slot machine; giving out all good and no bad. Our Lord is a God of fire and wrath who will judge the nations and man on the last day. God is love but he’s also a God of wrath and man gets to choose which God they want to receive. The devil is not benign. If given the chance Satan and his demons would destroy every man, woman and child on the planet within thirty days. I thank the Lord that he won’t allow it. I’m horrified that our humanist world still doesn’t get it. They have started coming out with television shows and movies that portray Satan as harmless; as someone who is misunderstood and someone we shouldn’t be afraid of. That is just wrong thinking! Satan is the god of this world so I can’t say I’m totally surprised by this turn of events. The Bible says when we start calling good evil and evil good we know we’re in the end times. I think we’re there. We’re following God’s timeline perfectly. What do you think?

James 4:7 – Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you.

Philippians 4:13 – I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me.

Ephesians 2:1-2 – And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins, in which you once walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit who now works in the sons of disobedience.

It’s wrong thinking to think Satan will be victorious over God and man. Jesus Christ has already defeated the devil by his death on the cross followed by his resurrection three days later. Victory is already ours so we need to claim it and profess it every day. Satan can’t touch a believer without God’s permission. It’s wrong thinking to think Satan doesn’t put evil thoughts into our minds. We have our own thoughts as well as the occasional thoughts from God and Satan. We have to guard our minds against Satan. We have to know our own thoughts first and then we have to discern whether additional thoughts are from God or Satan. This takes spiritual discernment but basically any good thoughts are from God and any bad thoughts are from the evil one. Immediately discard any evil thoughts that come your way because you know the source. It bears repeating; Satan means to destroy us! Be on your guard at all times! One of the spiritual truths of heaven is that a good tree can produce only good fruit and a bad tree can only produce bad fruit. That pertains to God, Satan and man. Believers are to produce good fruit for the kingdom of heaven by their witness for Christ in order to save lost souls. God commands believers to work in his harvest field. The daily mantra of every believer should be to save, “one more for Jesus.”

1 Peter 5:8 – Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

John 8:44 – (Jesus) – You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

Ephesians 6:17 – And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God.

It’s not a question of if Satan will attack our minds, but when and how often. As believers we first have to believe Satan is real. That’s half the battle. As believers we must know Satan’s attack is coming and then we have to be ready when Satan does attack. The armor of God is contained in the Bible and it’s the only weapon we need to stand firm against the devil and defeat him. God is our bodyguard and Satan stands no chance of defeating God. Stay in fellowship with God and be safe. I like to watch videos of the interaction of wild animals in Africa. Often it’s a pride of lions or a pack of wild dogs attempting to catch a baby for dinner. In most instances the baby will cling close to its mother for protection and the attackers don’t want to face the power of the mother so they circle trying to separate mother and baby. If the baby strays too far away from the mother they’re snatched away. If they stay close to mom they usually stay safe. In this analogy man is the baby, God is the mother, and Satan is the predator trying to snatch us away. Now you know what you have to do to stay safe from the evil one. Study God’s word, pray often, and obey the commandments of God in order to stay close to God for safety. This is my testimony.

John 10:28 – (Jesus) – And I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; neither shall anyone snatch them out of My hand.

1 John 5:19 – We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies under the sway of the wicked one.

Galatians 6:7 – Do not be deceived, God is not mocked; for whatever a man sows, that he will also reap.

Ephesians 6:12 – For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Revelation 20:1-3 – Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, having the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. He laid hold of the dragon, that serpent of old, who is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years; and he cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal on him, so that he should deceive the nations no more till the thousand years were finished. But after these things he must be released for a little while.

Revelation 20:10 – The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.

There’s a worldwide epidemic of wrong thinking; to the point where the majority of the people on earth think wrong thinking is actually right thinking. Of course I blame all this on the devil because Father God Jehovah tells us in his word that Satan is the god of this world and he has used his malign influence throughout history to destroy man; and to put blinders over the eyes of men everywhere to hide the truth of God from them. Satan has sponsored fake religions and false gods throughout history to lead mankind away from God’s saving grace through Christ Jesus. Our humanist world is under the sway of the evil one, the father of lies, and his lies are disseminated throughout our education system so that our children are eventually indoctrinated by all the lies they’ve been fed. Attacking our young this way was a masterstroke by the devil. When you tell someone a lie over and over eventually the mind will accept it as the truth even if it’s farfetched. That’s the way our mind works. We should have seen it all coming earlier and made more of an effort to resist it. It’s too late for that now. All we can do is sound the alarm and share the truth of God to all who will listen.

1 Peter 5:8 – Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.

Job 1:7 – And the Lord said to Satan, “From where do you come?” So Satan answered the Lord and said, “From going to and fro on the earth, and from walking back and forth on it.”

In my previous blog I disputed one of Satan’s greatest lies, which is the universe is billions of years old. Satan knows as well as I do that the creation week of God was only 6,000 years ago. Satan can’t let that information get out to a worldwide audience and let it be accepted as the truth because more people would then find God and his salvation unto eternal life in heaven. Satan’s plan is to hide the truth of God from man in order to steal as many souls as possible for the kingdom of hell. So far Satan is doing a good job of it because the vast majority of people on earth are actively engaged in wrong thinking. Most people on earth either worship false gods or no god at all. It’s such a shame because the truth of God is right under their nose. Why does Satan need to convince us the universe is billions of years old? So he can convince us that God didn’t make us, by proposing a theory of evolution that contradicts God’s word. Evolution is just wrong thinking.

Isaiah 46:9 – Remember the former things of old, for I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like Me.

Isaiah 44:24 – Thus says the Lord your Redeemer, and He who formed you in the womb: I am the Lord, who makes all things, who stretches out the heavens all alone, who spreads abroad the earth by Myself.

Satan wants to convince us we’re a product of chance. Satan wants to fool us into wrong thinking by making us believe that man evolved from a one cell organism into modern man. If Satan is successful in making man believe his lies then they are nonbelievers. They will lose their immortal soul to the devil. It’s as simple as that. Satan will then own the soul of nonbelievers, who will be taken to hell when they die where they’ll be in pain and agony for all eternity. That won’t happen to me personally because I’m a believer; I’m saved. I accepted Jesus Christ as my Lord and Savior at the age of twelve so I’m indwelt by the Holy Spirit as an earnest deposit and God will one day redeem my soul and take me home to heaven where I’ll be in the presence of Jesus forever. My concern is for the nonbeliever who is currently on the path to eternal damnation in the fires of hell. Every single day millions of nonbelievers are dying and going straight to hell because Satan has put blinders over the eyes of nonbelievers so they cannot see the truth of God and his saving grace. That’s why I witness for Christ, in order to save one more for Jesus every day of my life. Somebody once saved me and I owe it to them and to the God who made me to return the favor by helping guide others to salvation unto eternal life in heaven. When you owe a debt always pay it off. The Lord will reward you for your work on the last day.

Genesis 1:26 – Then God said, “Let us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness.”

Genesis 2:7 – And the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

Satan would have us believe that roughly 500,000 years ago in our oceans the elements of life somehow miraculously came together on their own to create life on earth; living one cell organisms. Then those same one cell organisms crawled out of the primordial ooze onto land and started evolving into man. That’s just wrong thinking on our part and if you forget about your brainwashing and look at it logically you’ll agree with me. Have you ever looked at a one cell organism under the microscope? I have. And I can tell you each one is a marvel of engineering in themselves; each containing millions of integral parts. The theory of evolution is patently false if you really look into it. Most people don’t take the time to really look closely at evolution and ask themselves, “Is this even possible?”

2 Corinthians 4:4 – Whose minds the god of this age (Satan) has blinded, who do not believe, lest the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine on them.

John 8:44 – (Jesus) – You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you want to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources, for he is a liar and the father of it.

But just for the sake of argument let’s say evolution is true. We know evolution is linear so it stands to reason that to create a single cell containing millions of integral parts it would take at least 500,000 years by itself. And I’m being very generous with my timeline. Now for a one cell organism to evolve into a man made up of over thirty trillion specialized cells comprised of body tissues, vital organs, and critical body systems; and topped off with a human mind which is the greatest computer in the universe that would take infinitely more time than a one cell organism. That would take more years than there are atoms in our universe; which means that it’s impossible. Yes, you heard me right; I’m saying evolution is impossible. Satan is lying to you once again. God’s word confirms that Satan is the father of lies and there is no truth in him. Satan has to lie to keep you from finding God and his saving grace. It’s up to you to resist the lies of Satan and find the truth of God.

2 Peter 1:20-21 – Knowing this first, that no prophesy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.

Proverbs 30:5-6 – Every word of God is pure (true); He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him. Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.

Let’s look at the theory evolution in a different way. Man has many vital organs. These organs must work or we can’t live. That’s why they call them “vital.” A vital organ can’t simply evolve up to the point it becomes vital. It has to be vital from the beginning or life can’t exist. That’s not evolution. That’s creation. When we talk about body systems I like to use the eye as an example. A body system has to have all parts working together in order to function. If any single part of this system isn’t working properly then the whole system fails. That’s what we mean by the word “system.” A body system is either “go” or “no go.” It either works or it doesn’t. How on earth can the eyes take many thousands of years to evolve? Are we expected to believe that man stumbled around blind for a few hundred thousand years waiting on their eyesight to evolve. Give me a break!

Psalm 19:7 – The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple.

Psalm 19:8 – The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart; the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.

How could a blind person move around safely, survive the elements, and find food without eyesight? It’s ludicrous to think eyesight evolved. Evolution is a crock of BS! And the eyes are only one body system out of dozens in the human body that are essential for us to live. How would evolving cells even know what sight was or where to put the eyes. Why not on the elbow or tip of the fingers? How would evolving cells know to create two eyes? What directs which cells in the body to become what member? The holy Scriptures confirm man is fearfully and wonderfully made by the fingers of God. . Perfection isn’t random; it can’t come by chance. We’re made by the hand of God or we wouldn’t be here at all. It’s that simple. There is no other plausible explanation why we exist on this planet.

Matthew 5:18 – (Jesus) – For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will be no means pass from the law till all is fulfilled.

Matthew 24:35 – (Jesus) – Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will be no means pass away.

It’s just wrong thinking to think God didn’t make man. It’s just wrong thinking to think man evolved on his own. There is no proof of the theory of evolution. It’s just a pack of lies fed to us all our lives to the point where most people accept it as true. It just goes to show you if tell a lie long enough most people will believe it. On the other hand, there is evidence that God made man, overwhelming evidence, contained in the Bible. In Genesis God describes how he made man from the dust of the earth and breathed eternal life into his nostrils. The creation story from God is a hell of a lot more believable than the theory of evolution. Critics have been trying to discredit God’s word for two thousand years and they haven’t found a single error in it yet and they never will.

Hebrews 9:27 – And it is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment.

Matthew 7:13-14 – (Jesus) – Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.

Why am I so sure the Bible is authored by God? Let’s start with Bible prophecy. The Bible contains over 1,000 prophesies, over 500 of which have been fulfilled in their due time and documented as a fact of history. One of the ways you can tell if you’re dealing with God and not an imposter is if he can tell the future. In this instance, God is perfect so far. God is batting a thousand; one hundred percent. Only God is the author of history and prophecy is just history written in advance so prophecy is easy for God and hard for an impostor. On the flip side, all the fake religions and false gods sponsored by Satan throughout history don’t have even one fulfilled prophecy between them.

Psalm 104:24 – O Lord, how manifold are Your works! In wisdom You have made them all. the earth is full of Your possessions.

Psalm 8:3-4 – When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, the moon, and the stars, which You have ordained, what is man that You are mindful of him, and the son of man that You visit him?

Why is that? Because they’re all fake. All the false gods throughout history stand mute before the true Lord of creation, which is Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Can’t you see that? I hope I’ve convinced you that it’s just wrong thinking to not believe that 6,000 years ago Adam and Eve were created by God, as fully grown adults, and placed in the Garden of Eden. The rest of us descended from Adam and Eve by being birthed in the normal way because God established that all living things will produce after their own kind. God is the father of Adam and Eve, and Adam and Eve are our father and mother. I am a witness to the majesty and glory of Almighty God and this is my testimony.

It’s just wrong thinking to think that the universe is 13.8 billions years old, our solar system is 4.6 billion years old, and life on earth has existed for at least a few hundred thousand years. Satan is the god of this world and he controls the false narrative of this humanist worldview. Satan cannot afford to let us believe God’s creation story as put forth in the Bible; not if he wants to steal our eternal soul and take it with him to the pit of hell. However, people can decide what they want to believe. People can either believe what their lying eyes are telling them or they can believe what God says in his word. God gives us that free will choice. 2 Corinthians 5:7, says believers are to live by faith and not by sight so do it. In Luke 4:4, Jesus also says man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God so do it. Not some of the words or just the words we like. God says we shall live by “every” word in the Bible. When God says the word “shall” it’s a commandment from God. It’s not optional if we want to please God. Believers are to believe what the Bible says and not what our current fallen world would have us believe; what Satan would have us believe. We just can’t cherry-pick from the Bible what we want to believe and then disbelieve the rest. To do that is to call God a liar to his face. Can’t you see that?

Luke 4:4 – But Jesus answered him (Satan), saying, “It is written, ‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God.'”

2 Corinthians 5:7 – For we walk by faith, not by sight.

Believe every word of the Bible or none of it. God wants us to be either hot or cold in our relationship with him. Don’t be a lukewarm Christian because if you are then God says he’ll spew you out of his mouth in disgust. Know this one thing for certain: Creation was only 6,000 years ago and whenever I read or hear all these astronomical numbers about the age of the universe it goes in one ear and out the other. Why? Because I don’t want to listen to foolishness. Because I believe what God says and not what the world says. There’s not a shred of evidence to support the humanist worldview. It’s all hocus pocus. I base my knowledge on searching the Bible for the truth of God. I have an understanding of God’s word, which has led me to believe what God says and not what Satan says. Following the path of right knowledge, right understanding, and right believing has led me to right thinking on this topic. Make this process work for you too by studying God’s word. Or you can continue down the path of wrong thinking if you want to. However, if you do there’s a price to pay when you stand before Jesus Christ on the last day. You have my testimony.

Genesis 1:3-5 – Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

NOTE: God is referring to a single evening and morning of a first day, one 24 hour day, and not millions of days. God couldn’t be any clearer so we need to take God at his word.

Genesis 2:3 – And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had done, and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had done. Then God blessed the seventh day and sanctified it, because in it He rested from all His work which God had created and made.

NOTE: Sunday is the sabbath; the day of the week blessed by God. God isn’t blessing a period of millions of years but only one 24 hour day of each week (Sunday). If Sunday was only a 24 hour day then so was every other day of creation week. God says exactly what he means and his meaning is crystal clear. Man is commanded to believe in God’s word and observe the sabbath (Sunday). God says we’re not to add or detract from his word.

What you have to remember is God speaks plainly in his word and says exactly what he means. Except for the book of Revelation and a few other places in the Bible where God uses symbolism or spiritualization, God tells the story of his relationship with Israel and the Gentiles like it is, warts and all. In the book of Genesis, when God says he made the world in six days and rested on the seventh day he was talking about seven days, each 24 hours in length. What irks me the most about some believers is they’ll sometimes waffle when it comes to creation. Their equivocation comes from their listening to and being influenced by the lies of Satan, even though they may not realize it. Some believers want to have their cake and eat it too. They say maybe each day of creation is millions of years which would account for creation and the age of the universe at the same time. That is simply not scriptural so don’t believe it. Have you ever noticed that wrong thinking usually happens to us every time we stop reading the Bible regularly or we stop hearing God’s word spoken on a frequent basis? Having God active in our lives will stop a lot of our problems and stop a lot of our wrong thinking because the Holy Spirit is our helper and counselor. Faith in God leads to right thinking and we get that when we abide in God’s word. It’s as though we get smarter when we read the Bible and dumber when we don’t. Stay smart. Read your Bible.

Revelation 3:15-16 – (Jesus) – I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth.

Romans 10:17 – So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Part of the problem stems from the fact that less than 10% of church-going Christians have read the Bible in it’s entirety so they don’t really know what the Bible says other than what they hear in church on Sunday. Even fewer believers have taken the time to actually study God’s word in depth for knowledge, understanding and wisdom, even though God tells us to do this repeatedly in his word. If you don’t know the truth of God, and I mean really know it, then your faith will be weak and you’ll falter when the times get tough because you won’t be grounded in the word of God like you should be. To stand on the word of God as the absolute truth of God you first need to stop the wrong thinking by knowing what God’s word says so you can get your thinking right about God. Knowledge through preparation is the key thing in every aspect of life. With knowledge comes the confidence to stand up for your convictions, what you believe in. Knowledge of God leads to right understanding which leads to right believing which results in right thinking.

Job 40:15-20 – Look now at the behemoth, which I made along with you; he eats grass like an ox. See now, his strength is in his hips, and his power is in his stomach muscles. He moves his tail like a cedar; the sinews of his thighs are tightly knit. His bones are like beams of bronze, his ribs like bars of iron. He is the first of the ways of God; only He who made him can bring near His sword. Surely the mountains yield food for him, and all the beasts of the field play there.

Job 40:21-24 – He (behemoth) lies under the lotus trees, in a covert of reeds and marsh. The lotus trees cover him with their shade; the willows by the brook surround him. Indeed the river may rage, yet he is not disturbed; he is confident, though the Jordan gushes into his mouth, though he takes it in his eyes, or one pierces his nose with a snare.

NOTE: As you can see from the above verses, dinosaur-like animals existed alongside early man. Behemoth could not have fit into the ark so he had to be left behind. In Job 41:1-11, we find additional references to Leviathan, another huge dinosaur-like creature made by God that also existed alongside early man. I’m sure when the bones of these two creatures were eventually dug up scientists declared them to be dinosaurs that lived millions of years ago. They’re wrong. God mentions only Behemoth and Leviathan by name as examples to us of the creatures he has made. There are many more large creatures who lived alongside early man that God does not mention specifically. In the humanist world they are called dinosaurs.

When I tell people the earth is only 6,000 years old most people just laugh at me and the first thing they usually say is, “What about the dinosaurs?” My response is always, “What about them?” Look, there were some very large creatures on earth in Noah’s time which were too big to fit in the ark. If you want to call them dinosaurs that’s fine with me. However, they aren’t millions of years old as our humanist world would have us believe. God had to leave these large creatures behind during the great flood. All the creatures who weren’t on Noah’s ark drowned and settled to the bottom of the seas and were they were then covered over by millions of tons of sediment laid down by the flood. When scientists later dug up these fossils they pieced together the bones how they wanted the creatures to look. They were making a wild-ass guess (WAG), which is okay as long as you’re not trying to sell it as a fact.

Genesis 6:9 – Noah was a just man, perfect in his generations. Noah walked with God.

Deuteronomy 12:32 – Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

Scientists dated these fossils based upon the sediment layer in which they were found. Scientists assumed that the sediment slowly settled over millions of years; not taking into account the very rapid sedimentation that occurred because of the worldwide flooding that covered the entire earth in Noah’s time. Scientists didn’t believe that the flood actually happened so they didn’t allow for that possibility. That was wrong thinking. Scientists made sure their conclusions fit their preconceived ideas. The secular scientists who dug up and dated all the dinosaur bones were mistaken in their conclusions just like the scientists who were dating the age of the universe. Secular scientists are mostly mistaken with their conclusions because they don’t believe in God and it clouds their judgment. It causes their wrong thinking based on their wrong knowledge, wrong understanding and wrong believing. If something is important to you never accept what people tell you about it at face value without doing your own due diligence by evaluating the facts yourself. People will lie to you or they could be mistaken; me included. It’s your responsibility. My goal is for you to check things out for yourself and then you decide where the truth lies. I have done this myself and for me the truth lies in God and his word. You have my testimony.